Story-June-15-17

ActBlue wants to use Bernie-style fundraising to win in Georgia—and across the country.

This impressive blitz was made possible by an outfit called ActBlue, which has emerged as the fundraising tool of choice for the swelling anti-Trump resistance. At ActBlue’s headquarters just outside Boston, a massive LCD monitor that displays website traffic and incoming contributions went haywire immediately after the health care vote. ActBlue was processing about 275 donations per minute; the real-time dollar ticker on its website struggled to keep pace. All told, ActBlue helped raise more than $4.2 million in small-dollar increments for 1,200 different campaigns and outfits on the day of the vote.

Need more evidence that Donald Trump and his CRONY Henchmen are a threat to America’s Democracy and Constitution… Read ON…

Trump ally Michael Savage calls for government takeover of the media following shooting at GOP baseball practice…

Responding to the shooting, Savage questioned whether Trump should “take control of Twitter” and asked, “Is it time for the government to take control of the out-of-control pirates on social media … who do not monitor left-wing haters?” He also advocated for removing Rachel Maddow and others from the airwaves by the federal government, citing “their constant drumbeat of their hatred against Trump and Republicans, calling for, among other things, resistance with their sneers every night.”

Trump Is Being Investigated For Obstruction of Justice, Says Washington Post

The special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election is interviewing senior intelligence officials as part of a widening probe that now includes an examination of whether President Trump attempted to obstruct justice, officials said.

Even after the rise of Trump and an epidemic of right-wing violence, the GOP twists a tragedy to its own purposes

How exceptional is America? We are reminded once again that political violence is part of our national creed and culture and not just something that happens “over there” in distant developing countries or failed states.

Mitt Romney Begs Georgia Voters to Give Donald Trump One More Chance

Doesn’t say much for Donald Trump but Volumes about Mitt Romney… a man with NO principles or TRUE Values…

Romney called Trump a “phony” and a “fraud” during the 2016 presidential campaign, and he declined to endorse the Republican nominee. Last month, Romney called on Trump to abandon his promise to pull the US out of the Paris climate agreement.

Republicans are about to make Medicare-for-all much more likely

If Republicans strike down Obamacare, the “Medicare for all” movement will become more powerful than they can imagine.

History may record a certain irony if this is the argument McConnell uses to successfully destroy Obamacare. In recent conversations with Democrats and industry observers, I’ve become convinced that just the opposite is true: If Republicans unwind Obamacare and pass their bill, then Democrats are much likelier to establish a single-payer health care system — or at least the beginnings of one — when they regain power.